01 n. The act of flexing or bending; a turning.
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The act of flexing or bending; a turning.
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A bending; a part bent; a fold.
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Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection.(Gram.)“Express the syntactical relations by flexion.” — Sir W. Hamilton.
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The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension.(Physiol.)